Proverbs 29:3

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Luke 15:30 : 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
  • Luke 15:13 : 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
  • Prov 6:26 : 26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
  • Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
  • Prov 27:11 : 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
  • Prov 28:7 : 7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
  • Prov 5:8-9 : 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: 9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
  • Prov 28:19 : 19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
  • Luke 1:13-17 : 13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. 14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. 16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
  • Prov 21:17 : 17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
  • Prov 21:20 : 20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
  • Prov 23:15 : 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
  • Prov 23:24-25 : 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 28:6-7
    2 verses
    81%

    6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

    7Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

  • Prov 19:8
    74%

    8He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 23:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

    24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

  • Prov 15:5-6
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    73%

    5A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 15:20-21
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    73%

    20A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

    21Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Prov 3:12-14
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    73%

    12For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

    13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

    14For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

  • Prov 13:20
    72%

    20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Prov 17:21
    72%

    21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Prov 17:25
    71%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 19:13-14
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    71%

    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

    14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

  • Prov 11:29
    71%

    29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 10:1
    71%

    1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  • Prov 21:20
    71%

    20There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

  • Prov 21:17
    71%

    17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

  • Prov 6:26
    70%

    26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

  • Prov 23:15
    70%

    15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Prov 27:11
    70%

    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

    27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Eccl 7:11
    70%

    11Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

  • Prov 13:1
    70%

    1A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

  • Eccl 4:13
    70%

    13Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

  • Prov 29:15
    70%

    15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

  • Prov 29:4
    70%

    4The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

  • Prov 6:32
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    32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

  • Prov 5:20
    69%

    20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Prov 1:15
    69%

    15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

  • Ezek 16:32-33
    2 verses
    69%

    32But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!

    33They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.

  • Eccl 7:4
    69%

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

  • Prov 31:3
    69%

    3Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

  • Hos 4:11
    69%

    11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

  • Prov 11:15
    69%

    15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

  • Prov 17:19
    69%

    19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

  • Prov 3:35
    69%

    35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

  • Prov 3:21
    69%

    21My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

  • Prov 1:8
    69%

    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Prov 23:19
    68%

    19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  • Prov 19:3
    68%

    3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Prov 4:7
    68%

    7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

  • Prov 17:2
    68%

    2A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

  • Prov 19:1
    68%

    1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.